Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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ISBN: 9780131495081
Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
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Chapter 1, Problem 20P
How much longer (percentage) is a one-mile race than a 1500-m race (“the metric mile”)?
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